Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-23

CAUGHlHE LOOK IN THOSE TWO BIG,
SOFT ES.
"She noed it. too, and seemed quite
concerned ats ! should go hungry, and
was very lAeipus TO me after that; and
told me abt the church. and her little
Sunday scpf class at home, and that
nelghDOr' ) II who would persist in COM
ing TO iserher in the evenings, and
bringing h flowers: and he was
only boy Al7, and hadn't even amous-
"She dld't like boys" che said. ''NO,
she preferrsmen. They were so much
more sensfb and entertaining.
w ell, tbught, you are either very
dangerous title coquette, or a most
particularly unsophistioated young
woman buthen ! remembered how very
anclentan tdish-lOoklng man of SO or "a
must setm TIA young girl, and sne locke d
up at np socompOsediy that felt quite
ashamedof ae thought.
II toldher some stories of the road to
amuse hir-0l! all very proper ones. i
assure y,u. suit my stories to my
hearers-and did me good to hear her
laugh, M wasso pleasant and low; and
then afnrwarG as | was telling about a
bad smsshrup was once in on the Gem
tral-how Athe ears jumped the track,
crosslnRti brltge, and went through to
the icertst0w, md some oil tanks burst
ana took ire, and the burning oil ran
over sYeff tBiEg, and the passengers were
smashea ard some, pinned down under
water apddrcwned, and others roasted
alive, shr5kins. AS / told her all that, |
say, the ,aaTs absolutely started to the
girPs eyesi4anN her lips trembled, and
she caugh i9ht hold Of my arm and. er-
| lied. fesu 4 did. Gave myself three
broken ribt laA6k spt myself half an hour
IN the Ice old water before / was pulled
out, when me recollected herself and took
away her hand.
"lt had sopped showing, and the moon
was out; but it was blowing, and the
drifts in tie valley were so deep that al
times VIC could hardly force through
them; ana once or twice we came to a
full stop, until the train hands could
shovel the track clear. 1t began to look
as if we might not reach Allentown until
after midnight, and by and by the little
maid grew nervous. They would he
anxious about her at home, she said.
Perhaps even brother Ben might think
she wasn't coming because OF the storm
and drive bOWe without her. THAI would
be dreadful,
II did my best, In a fatherly way, to
Keep her spirits up, and told her more
yarns; ana nnaiiy persuaded her to come
WIN mt lHLO Tue rear car, so JDAJ she
might see up the valley by moonlight. 1t
really was beautiful sight-the noun
tains rising on each side OF US. covered
with snow all sparkling in the moonlight
the deep, black shadows in the woods
and then, now and again what seemed
ike mountain stream of fire running
down the hillside from some furnace, away
up above US, out of sight.
las the train twisted along, pointed
out this thing and that to her, and, ahem 4.
remem bered One Or two little Indian
legends OF the country, for her amuse-
ment, and for my part very nearly forgot
my hunger. | had made her keep my rug
about her and was cold, too; but, upon
tho whole, l don't think minded it much.
She was good listener and such a
sympathetic little body.
Aud then, though she did grow drowsy
after a while, she looked very pretty and
good with her big eyes closed and her
pink cheek resting on her hand; and
her head began to droop to-
ward me. nearer and nearer, until IT
rested on my shoulder and she was fast
asleep.